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Brutal scoundrsl Captured.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., August Son De.
cember 20, 1884, Lsander Fry, Of near
Mercer. Pa, attacked two young women
and criminally assaulted Miss Rsbecca
Snyder. Early the same night he assault.
ed fourtoen-year-o!d girl, who died from
her injuries. After hiding for three days
he went West. Photographic were: .Bant
all over the country, and he was last Fri
day identified at Jefferson, Ills, by Mar
shall G.. E. Ano. Fry was working on a
farm, and Was arrested' last Saturday.
Constable D. q. Arnold, Of this place, with
a requisition from Harrisburg, Pa, has
gone to Jefferson, and will take Fry, aged
"a, to Mercer. ~: {si e 81,
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! AROSE FROM TIE GRAVE

To Participate In the Festivities on Eman.
.. clpat.on Day. ri }iss3
ST. LOUIS, August s.-A dispatch from
Paducah, KY, says, A colored woman
named Annie Watkins, apparently died
here on Saturday, and was to have been
buried yesterday. Tho body was pre- re-
pared for the grave and ali arrangements
for the funeral made. AS 4 the
hsighbors " were gathering for the
sad rites, the supposed corpse aatonished
everybody by aitting up in her coffin,
The assembled darkies fled in wild confu.
sion, greatly frightened, and refused to
return. Some white women went to tho
house and asaisted her, and Annie has go
lar recovered as to BE- able to participate
in the Emancipation celebration to-day. a
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p ArDeflnnt Dynnmltor.

New York, August 8.-"Down with the
English flag. Hurrah for the stars and
stripes" shouted Thomas J. Mooney, the
incendiary who tried TO FIRE the "Queen,"
as he waved his hat this morning at JET.
lerson Market Court. \; He had been
brought there and placed among the au-
dlence to see II he could be identified by
Robert Sinclair, the .colored steward Of
the steamer Guvandotte, of the Old Do
minion Line, as the dynamiter who caueed
the explosion; aud injury sometime ago,
to that vessel. Sinclair, however. failed
to recognize Mooney, and the latter was
returned to the prison pom. IA
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In the peculiar case Of klehm, who
peached on his pals the boodiers, the
States Attorney went ahead on the as
sumption that 1t Ia well to t'aet a thief to
catch n thlei," and he evidently didn't be-
lisve that "there Is honor among thieves"
Il is fortunate thing for Klshm that the
boodlers are either behind the bare or in
hiding. Some Of them might feel like
irving the hardness OF his skull.
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! charges Against a Minister.

ADRIAN, Mlcu,, August ! s.-Develop-:
ments sre made in financial irregularities
on the part Of Rev. J. P. Farmer, pastor Of
the Baptist Church at Hudson. He Ia
charged with having appropriated at leaat
81 900 Of he funds raised 49, !remodling
the church, and leaves in addition known
debts to tradesmen and merchants Of
81, 200 more. He is also suspected Of I'M
due intimacy With women in Lis flock.
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To Restrict I'm migration. !

WASHINGTON, August San effort
will probably be made in the next Con.
gress 10 adopt stringent measures to re-:
strict immigration. Representative But
terworth has given this subject careful
study, and he will probably be prepared to
introduce resolution during the early
hours Of the Fittieth. Congress. Mr.. But
terworth takes the ground that the Ameri-
can manufacturers are protected TO de-
gree against the products Of European
pauper labor, and therefore American
labor should be protected against paupsr
immigration. He has prepared an address
on the subject, which he proposes to de-
liver at the annual meeting of the Pioneer
Association in Ohio the latter part Of this
month G.Gf .f5f ~ a. g "a a ~.
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..DR0UTHS AND FIRES.
AnEcAusINa UNTOLD SUFFERING.
The Terrible Devastntioni and niihery Fro.
ducsd BY Forest and Prniris Flies ia tho {.
Northwest-No Rain for Ten Weeks.
Disease aud Death on Every Hand. Z.

CHICAGO, August 58;-For two month.
and hall the northwest has been suffer
Ing from terrible drouth. Tho district
includes 10000 square miles, bounded on
the north by Madison. Wis. !; on the south
BY Bloomington, H.; on the east by Lake
Michigan, and on the west by the Missla.
sippi river. In many places In this In.
mense area wells have gone wholly dry
and water iamines are threatened. To
add to the horror, typhoid fever, dyssn.
terry and other stomach disturbances have
broken out, and It is feared will become
epidemic. The effect Of the hot weather
on the cattle has been appalling. The
pastures have been burned by the acorch-
ing sun and the numerous outbreaks Of
flies. Farmers hive felled trees and turn.
ed in their cattle 10 ,brouse on the Leaves,
The cattle have become 80 poor that they
cannot be sold. SAt Winslow, this State,
thirty head bought last January at $50
each were offered for sale last week for
500. Good cows have been sold at SIS.
Their value Is .atmoat wholly DESTROYED.
aRd a milk famine will doubtless result,
q The entire country is In places baked to
a crisp. The Wisconsin corn 10 literally
burned, and will not produce one peck to
the acre. Potatoes are taken from the
ground all shriveled up. Even the leaves
OF the trees are yielding TO the long con-
tinued drouth, and fall lifeleas in showers
as they do alter October's irosts. Beside.
there has been great loss Of property. -
!. In addition to the terrible effects Of the
SUMS awful heat, wild fires have sprung
up 10 the most mysterious ways. Only q
spark seems necessary to produce a bIazs.
In a cemetery at Racine, Wis, where the
remains Of the mound builders earthly
monumental are still seen, fire broke out
among the tombs, and the next day in the
middle OF the town, in front Of church.
It waa extinguished with great difficulty.
Fences, barns and agricultural Implements
have been consumed, and the farmers are
blowing bitches around their houses to
protect their homes from the fury OF the
hamo that springs up without warning
and burns until 1t exhausts itself. A
strange phenomenon that has been no.
ticeable in the afflicted district is that late
In the afternoon rain clouds are visible
above the western horizon and tho people
hope and believe that their PRAYERS are
about to be answered. At night the
clouds diasipate and disappear.
. There has been no rainfall for ten weeks.
and unless it comes speedily the moat dis.
astrous results and terrible suffering will
, ~ z - 4
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Increase In Fire Losses.

New YoRK, August s.-The New York
Daily Commercial Balttin's FIRE record for
July shows the fire loss in the United
States and canada to have been 'Sl4, O2e,-
500. against sl0,000,000 in July, 1885, and
-. OOO,0 900 in July, 1885. This ia Just dou-
BILE the average loss in July for the past
twelve years. The total loss for the first
seven months in 1887 was $76,92s, LOO,
against sos, 100000 for tho corresponding
period in 1886. s. IS n
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REGARDING HylcrIoNs.
Honoring the l'ops.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, August s. Collections
we're taken up yesterday in every German
Catholic church in this city to erect a
German memorial house In New York In
honor Of the tiltieth annivelsrsy Of the
Ordination OF Pope Leo, XIII. as priest.
The building will be named the Leo
House and will be used for German immi.
grants. The money collected by German
Catholics in this country for the ordina.
ton celebration is to be used for this par
pose, while the amount received from
other nationalities will be sent direct to
Rome. gya - - -. -,
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!. - r.FzssIs .irla--.l " :
GABLE FLASHES.
I, Fourteen new cases Of cholera and tan
deaths from this disease were reported i'm in
Naples on Saturday. a =. tett az

. foutteen new cases Of cholera and 10,
deaths from this disease we're reported in
Naples on Saturday. ji2s3s5I Is s..; - -
Mr.. Gladstone will not attoud thu Walsh
National E.stedeiod at Royal Albsrt Hail I
at which it has been announced he was ~
preside. i iTfl - Il - g .' ls 70
s The Hertogen forest between Ver.v;,,,
and the German frontier ie abiaze . , trha
kilometres. IA Z -; = ao'e 1i'l
A.laImer named Cus.y was shot and
morally wounded on the highway noar
Eanis, Ireland, on Sunday. The crime
was oil an agrarisn character. + - $3.50 I
A Paris dispatch says: Mspnie, c,,;tor
o. - Etsaemeal, fought q dual witb N
Ralnach. editor Of the La Repub,;aus o ~;
wounded the latter. Swords we aY, tho tho
weapons used. },5j s's"sss44ssi Ne 4t 'n i
a captive balloon, containing, N, GODDARD
ana 1Afes passengers, escaped at Aisners
france, Yesterday, and passed over Paris
at tu great altitude: It descended asfeIv a a.
Villensuya last night. S1ssSss' 9S.'iS az
The King Of Netherlands Il i, Ian / ,,a.o
Ill, and y there 2 is b much j coz S1.ous1y
over the question OF his auccssaor os Tbo
likelihood that np1ication vii a,;s nI 10
thought to be yerygreat.} sThe Grand J ,Io 20
Of the Hease will be candidats iA Z aoAo ,.
Dra; Lorria and Hammer mn,an,ha,. -
me Vienna Alpine club, while -asceud,o y,
the Matterhorn fell from pre e ~ .hs
rocks many feet below. B They war, a. S jha
covered and cared for BY psr S,s Of q ak.
plorers from Zsrmatt, bat wera Gonn IN ' 10
BE- be, m1'1tortally. injured. ~ 1ouno 20, 70
a 50! aummona for perjury hsss been ia,ued
AGAINST Policeman Enlicott, Of III Lo ,osIsa
At ths instance Of Miss Cas-, who wss az,
reeted by him on a charge Of being an n1 inn m
proper character. Counsel for the deiend.
ant hints that tho Gaze viii devolop
sensational revelations. I 4','S =,
Gen.: Boulangor has written a letter to
his seconds in reisrencs to his proposed
dnel with NJ. Ferry, in which he saws:
.spabllc opinion will ,judge between one
who, long distance Oh, insulto General
and who will only grant derisory repara-
ZION, and myself, who proposed 10 risk my
\ h lANs,l 70 avenge my honor Us a soldier"
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Telephone War Ended,

LOWELL, Mass August. S.-The differ.
enoes between the American Bell and
Erie Telephone companies have been ad.
justed, the American Bell granting the
Erie Company perpetual contract for It's
northwestern division on a basis OF so per
cent interest in that section 4 and the
American Bell Company waving ali par
tioipation IN sdiyiJsnls until Jannaryi !,
1850, when the present contract expirss, y,
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Deputy sheriff AssnssInnted.

s GALVESTON, August S.-A News special
from Austin Gays: The Governor
has received kilograms from
Sheriff Olive, OF williamson
county stating that his deputy, Will Stan.
ley, had been Z smbushed and assassi-
mated, it is believed by John, Barbour
and Will W hitney. This is presumed to
be out Of revenge for the prosecution in
the Mcneil station train robbery case. n
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InELAND's FUTURE.
bishop Walsh on tho Effects OF Recent Leg.
islntion-- Encouraging Prediction. 3Il

islntiOn--EncOu Prediction.
BALTIMORE. NIB, August s.-The Sun
to-day has letter from ils special CORES.
pondent, now in Dublin, which includes
an interview with Archbishop Walsh on
the probable effect Of the coercion act.
The Archbishop says he does not regard
II as political question, but as one pure.
ly social and economic; one that concerns
domestic welfare and the happiness Of
every household In the land, n II 10 quite
certain that a literal execution OF tho act
would break up the National League and
absolutely stiae any open demo nstratiou
Of sympathy with Home Rule. II Is prob.
ably quite as much on account OF ia I'M.
usually harsh features as for any other
reason that the Irish Nationalist look Of,
1t az . measure England would only fully
avail Itself OF as an extreme resort. The
Archbishop is attaching only secondary
Importance to this act and looking upon
the amended land bill as removing & large
portion OF the injustices ofwhich farmers
complain, and auguripghappy prospscts for
the future. He thinks that In a year or
two an Irish Parliament will cit In the old
Parliament house In Dublin. ",
Z REGARDING EylcrIoNs. IN
y In the matter Of evictions, which the
Archbishop asks to be stopped, the fact
seems appalling that for the three months
ended on the 81 Of July, 0,14O persons
have been eyicted. Gladstone, be said,
ald not want an appeal to the country this
year, when they were all as confident as !
could be that Gladstone would 90 back to
power With tremendous majority to back
him. The Archbishop said he never
went to Dublin castle, which Is the abode |
81 the Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland, except
N public business, but he seemed 10 |
'hink 1t was probable that In view OF the
expected improved order Of things that he |
would in future visit there socially. s
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Employing Eop-Union Mon.

II NEWARK, \. ~, August s.-The leather
workera' trouble eliminated to-day when
tho manufacturers issued orders that on
and after Saturday. August IS, none but
'non.union men would be employed In
their chops. This is the commencement
Of q bitter fight between the Knights Of
Labor. and tho manufacturers, as the men
in two shops have already been ordered
cut by tho knights. W. J 5!; NJ
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PlTrsnuRaH, August s.-Secretary Mar
tin, oithe Amalsamated Association, re.
ceived information to-day that the strike
at Brown, Bonnell & Co.'s extensive mills
at youngstown, Ohio, over the "two.job".
queation had been settled, the firm agree.
ing! to the rules of the tAmalgamated
Association. that one man shall not hold
more than one job. This is regarded IS q
very important concession and indications
are that 1t will only be day or two until
all the mills in the Mahoning Valley now
idle on account Of the ,"'two-job" question
will be in operation. Il 4, .4 Ss.2
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A Crazy Mans Act.

y. NEw LoSnoN, COM, August ga. s.
Perry, an eccentric individual who has
been in an insane asylum, ared two ;bul.
lots into E. C.. ;Whittlesly, b:1siness man man
ager Of the Day. inalcting probably fatal
injuries. Tho Day had published ) with
humorous comments disjointed placard
which Perry had posted on his hat, n h z
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"A Convict Escapes.
spscia, p,pa.ca to he Intelligencer. Z

EDtcaL UISpulct 70 VIC 17Ht9Futllct5. "a
PAnKKEssyRa, W. VA August s.-Lee
oakea. a notorious character who was in
jail on charge Of felony, succeeded in
escaping lnet night by cutting hole in
the wall Nth al iron bolt and a spoon
handle, and letting himaelt to the ground
BY means Of blanket. He was seen this
morning in Q johnboat on the. Ohio. but
has not yet bean recaptured. The Wood
county jail is entirely unsafe and 1t is q
wonder that the prisoners had not escaped
before. The County Clerk has ordered
the building OF new jail which will be
absolutely secure and . credit to the
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The Chicago Nsws, which has no love
for Mr.. Blaine, has bcen following him
with alleged cablegrsms since he has
been abroad. The latest effort in this
line represents Mr.. Blaine as having dis
covered that his political race Ia run, and
being determined to crack few heads in
his party before he lays up finally. Maybe
all this Is a, true as gospel; but how in
the world did the accomplished corres-
pondent discover that Mr.. Blaine had
made this melancholy discovery and reg.
is.ered this high resolve? 5a n e
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Sore Throat

is particularly favorable to the contraction
OF Diphtheria. Heed the y warning and
use Darby's Prophylactic Fluid. It Eat
once allays the inflammation Of the throat,
subd1es the pain and gives permanent re-.
lief.' II promptly and effectually destroys
all contaHion' and diphtheritic germs,G IT
Is liz safeguard against 8Diphtheris, and
fhould be used on the first symptoms Of
sore throat as q gArRle. nj MwyaW s
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The American Clothing Cutie,

sYnAcusr, N. Y, August s.-The Cloth
ing Cutters Union Of America are holding
their second annual convention here. An
effort will be made to legislate against in
road of apprentices and to require them
to serve three years before being admitted
to the Union. Il is proposed to allow but
one apprentice every third year to every
ten cutters in shop.la Tho nine.hour.a-
day system and establishment of a district
Of knights Of Labor, composed exclusively
Of clothing cutters, are to be excluded. fta.
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Z Wholesale Striking In ysn,c. !.

VENICE, August s.-Al the gondollers
IN this city have gone out on strike
because night service. has been started
on the grand canal All the bakers in
tho city have alao gone on a strike, and
the waters IN hotels and cafes threaten
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NEwARk, \. J.,sAugust s.-The Leather
Council Of the Knights Of Labor tonight,
1t 10 underatood, decided 10 order out all
bag, harness and shoe makers in this city
on account Of the decision Of the manu-
features TO lockout union men. II 81. e. x,
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ATLANrA, GA, August s.-A terrible
tragedy occurred last night in a private
room in the Kimball House. f. W.
Horne was instantly and Internationally
kifled!by Col. Bud Yeaie. Col. Sam Ven
able and Veale were engaged in q hsticuH
over personal quarrel when; { Horne at
tempted to separate them. Veale fell to
the floor with Venable on top; but got
ont bis revolver and fred upwards twice.
Horne was ahot through the BRAIN \ He
came TO Atlanta from Cincinnati a, few
years ago.: Il.
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9 3 Dublin, August s.-The West Olarre, ,
hallway has been boycotted owing 10
hatred b. a,'I Of Traffic Manager Sullivan,
flacards have been posted warning thu
people not to ,patronize the road until
sullivan ls discharged. Persons who
travel by this line, the placards saw. viii
be In danger OF being shot, ~, - -
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z WAanlSeroN, D.. O., August s.-Miss
Clara Barton, President Of the American
National Association OF the Red Gross,
and d.. ]. B. Hubbell, general field agent
and secretary Of the association, have
been appointed by President Cleveland
delegates to represent the United States at
the Fourth International Conference of
the Red Gross to be held at the court OF
the Grand Duke and Duchess Of Baden,
which opens at Carlsruhe, Germany on
the 22d OF next September. Il s. Z, III
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Signed the Memorial.

LONDON, August s.-John Bright has
aisned the American peace memorial.
In "a 81 one hundred and aeventy.thlee
members Of the House Of Commona have
slgned the document, and nine of them
nave consented to join the deputation
which will take the memorial to America.
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/ Tho Gantz Vol disappointing.

WAsulSeros, Pa. August s.--The' old
Golden CAN'T Company's No. 2 well, on
the Weaver farm, is spraying at the rate
o! ten barrels q day from the fifty foot
sand The fra. reports placed the produc:
ton ab6at 100 barrels per day, but they
were widely of. The well is located Near
the Gordon cychard. The sand is elegant,
ha. il 1t is not backed up with more grease
the well willbs a faiiG-e In. that horizon.
There is no change reported at Davis No.
6 or tho McKeown gusher. Bnttermilk
No. l and Hcdgers No. !, at Taylorato'wn,
are due Wednesday. @ ~. 4 ~
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yylre aylll Strike Eadesl.

PlrrspuRau, August 5s.-rhe two hun.
dred employees Of Oliver Roberts wire mill
who struck Saix weeks ago for pay for ton.
mage work instead OF by. the day, will re-
sumo work tomorrow at the conpany's
terms. The firm had decided to import
workmen from New York, but the action
oftheatrikets will render this unnecessary.
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No League aIeetines in Ireland /.

" LONDON, August s.-The Standard says
that there have boom no League meetingseI
IN m. Ireland tor the last two sundays, owing
70 the influence Of Parnellite leaders who
ueslre to avoid giving the Government
any excuse for proclaiming the Ieayue. 6 I!
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Peace Desired BY Frnuce nnd corm.,

Peace Desired by France and Germany, i
PARIS, August S.-Ths Gaulois charges
that formal orders ahould be given to tbs
officials on both sides Of the Franco.G err
man frontier to be spsring in asserting
their rights in order to avoid useless bick.
erlngs between France and Germany,
both OF whom arc desirous Of peace, N ii,' :
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murdered for their Money!

e: Lock HAVEN, Pas August 8 The in.
telligence was received here this evening
that an old man and his wife named Culby
were murdered in their home On the
mountains eouth sof<this city. last night.
The motive for the crime is supposed to
have been robbery So
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New YoRK, August William Purb,
better known as Fritz" tbs youth sns.
pected of eating fire to the Zsit,.ng build.
ing, was arrested this afternoon. He is
believed to have started the six fires
that hays lately damaged the building 80
greatly. ts13 'tl.! az "a :. $500
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A Costly Plece OF Fun.

a BALrlMoRE, August s.-Obarlssi Hop.
kins played ghost last night, wrapping
himselt in q sheet and attempting to
frighten few laborers in q brick yard at
the corner Of Lonoy's lane and Biddle
street. Ali Of the 5laborers with tho ex-
ception Of William T.. Goodwin ran.
William called upon his ghostship to halt
and not being obsyed fired bis revolver,
the ball entering-the ghosts mouth and
lodging behiud bis ear. q Tbs spectre fell.
He was taken to tho University hospital,
and Goodwin WAS arrested and committed
to jail this morning, charged with shoot.
ing with intent to kill. 9 ssi;s X. 4
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Got Over Her Pot.

VI EAsr SAGINAW, MIcn.. August s.-Phube
Woodman, the young adopted member Of
the poet Whitties's family, who recently
ran away and came here, has started for
home again. Her escapade ives on &C.
count Of a fancied slight from her aunt,
but she has got over her pet. si.S
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The Droati, iu Minnesota,

ST. CLOUD, MINI, August S.-Two
meadows northwest Of this city in Lesauk
township are on fire, and being rapidly
destroyed. There is also a fine meadow
three miles east Of this city that has been
burning rapidly nearly all day, and all the
meadows connected with it will be ruined.
Nothing but heavy and continuous rains
will put out the ires in these beds of peat,
and when once burnt over those meadows
are forever worthless. Everything is dry